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2010-04-12 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred 2010-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Red Shirts = poor farmers paid by Toxin with embezzled money and promised positions of power when he returns

Posted by Jith Ghibelline8809 2010-04-12 00:32|| 2010-04-12 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The current Thai government came to power in a military coup. Thaxin's party has won the last three elections. The current goverment only retained power by disqualifying winning candidates from Thaxin's party.

This is essentially a battle between the working middle class and those aspiring to be middle class (the red shirts), and the Bangkok elites.

Unfortunately the king is old and ill. He has strongly favoured democracy in the past, which would be in favour of the red shirts and against the current government.

I suspect there may be a surprise coming, with the military rank and file turning against the senior officers (part of the Bangkok elite).

Posted by phil_b 2010-04-12 21:46|| 2010-04-12 21:46|| Front Page Top

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